ONEIDA CASTLE >> A Monday morning armed standoff at a home on Seventh Avenue in Oneida Castle ended with an 81-year-old man being taken into custody.

The situation ended about nine hours after the Oneida County sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, when homeowner Garth E. Brink walked out of the home peacefully around 11:30 a.m.

Around 1 a.m. sheriff's deputies and state troopers responded to the residence to handle what they were told was a domestic disturbance. Brink reportedly had a 12-gauge shotgun, and had been threatening to shoot himself and a woman inside the home. Police say the woman managed to escape.

Police were unable to enter the home and a standoff began around 1:30 a.m. Others in the home were able to exit safely and no one was injured.

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Around 4:30 a.m., neighbors were evacuated after a shot was fired out the front window of the residence.

The round was later found in the ceiling of the front porch, said Lt. James McCarthy of the Oneida County Sheriff's Office.

Police say no one was injured by this shot.

After seven more hours, Brink was taken into custody and charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony, for firing the shotgun out the window. He was arraigned in the Town of Floyd Court and sent to Oneida County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.

State police emergency response teams, along with sheriff's negotiators, were among those working to get Brink to leave the house.

State Route 365, which is also State Street in Oneida Castle, was initially closed to traffic during the incident, but was reopened after Brink's surrender and residents were allowed to return home.

Also during the standoff, at 4 a.m., Brink's son, Steven L. Brink, 52, of Hamilton, arrived on the scene. Police say he attempted to push past officers and approach the residence. The son was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration, and resisting arrest. Steven Brink was arraigned in Vernon Court and sent to Oneida County Jail on $15,000 bail.